missiles rain down on the neighborhood -- of 10-year-old noor and 8-year-old alaa, who tweeted their plight to the world. today it was almost too late. an explosion blew out their windows, sending shrapnel and glass through their home, slashing alaa's forehead. we reached their mother, shamza khatib, an english teacher, after the blast. how are your daughters doing right now? are they okay? >> yeah, okay. but they are afraid of warplanes. they are under the blankets. >> reporter: she told us she feels like her family and neighbors have been abandoned. the syrian regime and its russian backers insist this week's assault is aimed at rebels. but with a civilian death toll in the hundreds, many of the victims are children. a sobbing father couldn't bring himself to let go. the state department has condemned the bombing, jeff, but the u.s. military has been focused on fighting isis in a different part of the country while the russians continue to prop up the syrian regime. >> charlie d'agata, thank you very much. >>> we got the first look inside >>> we got the first look inside war games